Can I create with LaTeX documents in the EPUB-format?

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Is it possible to create a document for an ebook-reader in the EPUB-format with LaTeX/TeX? Which extension or program can be used?

This is an interesting topic due to the huge amount of scientific publications where LaTeX is used. — tovare, Aug 01 '10 at 18:53
A similar question was later asked on tex.stackexchange.com. See http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/1551/1243. — reprogrammer, Nov 29 '11 at 13:27

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 15 '09 at 21:37

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You can convert LaTeX to XHTML and then convert XHTML to EPUB.

answered Aug 15 '09 at 21:37

Alexey Romanov

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If only those Latex to XHTML converters were not 100-step install processes on windows... – Andriy Drozdyuk Jan 26 '12 at 01:23

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered May 22 '11 at 14:10

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Pandoc can do this directly -- http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/ It's a great command-line tool.

pandoc -s example4.tex -o example4.epub

answered May 22 '11 at 14:10

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Pandoc can do this directly, if 9and only if) you have no \import or \include directives in your laTeX (unless something's changed in the last few months that is). – Vatine Jul 28 '11 at 14:46
...and if there are no cross-references. – Andriy Drozdyuk Jan 26 '12 at 01:09

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 01 '10 at 19:02

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As noted by @Alexey Romanov a way is to convert from LaTeX to XHTML then to EPub. The ePub standard does not support MathML, but SVG 1.1 is supported and mathematical equations and graphs should be rendered just fine while preserving searchability and scaling.

http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/SVG#General_Notes_on_SVG_Usage_in_ePUB

(Please update if you find the ultimate tool-chain to deal with this easily.)

answered Aug 01 '10 at 19:02

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epub3 now supports MathML: http://idpf.org/epub/30/spec/epub30-contentdocs.html#sec-xhtml-mathml – Christoph Jan 19 '12 at 11:05

score 3 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

The answer looks to be Yes, via some converter, but latex probably isn't the best way.

From http://www.web-books.com/Publishing/epub.htm:

The EPUB format is a standard eBook format recommended by The International Digital Publishing Forum. It is essentially a ZIP format. If you change its extension ".epub" to ".zip", the EPUB file becomes a true ZIP file which can be unzipped.

The unzipped EPUB files may be divided into three categories: XHTML documents, packaging files and container files.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 20 '15 at 16:29

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Here is a Link on how to covert tex to epub with tex4ebook under windows https://d800fotos.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/create-e-books-from-latex-tex-files-ebook-aus-latex-tex-dateien-erstellen/

answered Jan 20 '15 at 16:29

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Can I create with LaTeX documents in the EPUB-format?

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